The praise of chimney sweepers essay

While much of Mary Poppins Returns is directly based on . Travers’ book series, Jack is more of a new creation for the film who helps link the journey of the Banks family and provide a magical assist to pal Mary Poppins. Jack does share Bert’s up-for-anything spirit; he doesn’t share Bert’s infamous cockney accent (or at least, that’s what Miranda has been affectionately working hard to avoid). And although there won’t be an onscreen reunion between the patron and his protégée, Van Dyke did film a cameo as a different character, and Miranda was still reeling from the experience when EW visited just a day later.